first a lil info on the 95 Grand Cherokee ive lovingly dubbed grandpa he's old and full of piss and vinegar, although he does leak a lil, at 235k on the soul hes a go getter that loves to show where experience and a steady foot (a good set of tires helps too...)can take you
so grandpas carrying the smittybuilt overlander xl rooftop tent....its huge takes up almost all of the roof. tent is 75x47 and is 15inches from the roof, by almost, i got about 10 inchs to use and most of that is the roof line bending down. the tent base is mainly fiberglass bottom sections with what i would call angle iron but its aluminum. then in the center of it sits a aluminum ladder. now on the rear left fender i have a 102" (cant beat'em for there indestructability) for the cb and the tent absolutely destroys swrs I'm lucky to get 2.5 and my range is cut drastically and the antenna is still 75% above the tent line. right now I've got a (i know its not the best) Nagoya ut72 mag mount. running 1.02to 1.03 swr on the roof in the small space as far away from the tent as it can be. ive also tried on the hood close to where your stock stereo antenna would be(cut mine off it got beat to death by Colorado mtn trees anyway) but on the hood, the swrs there i got to a flat 1.0 thru the band. all doors, hood, and hatch have been bonded with 1/2 tinned copper ground straps that are no longer then 6 inches if i could help it
is the tent going to kill the signal on the 70cm band as it does on the 11m band. id like todo a nmo roof mount with a 5/8 over 5/8 to get the extra height. the tent actually moves a lot of the branches before they get to the antenna. the other option is a nmo fender mount but that's going to get beat to hell and back i feel. so that leaves the hood option for a mag mount as im not sure id like to mount a nmo in the hood (wouldn't there be a ton of surrounding rfi).
so I'm trying to decide which route would be the best for my situation and wanted to get yalls opinions and thoughts.
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first a lil info on the 95 Grand Cherokee ive lovingly dubbed grandpa he's old and full of piss and vinegar, although he does leak a lil, at 235k on the soul hes a go getter that loves to show where experience and a steady foot (a good set of tires helps too...)can take you
so grandpas carrying the smittybuilt overlander xl rooftop tent....its huge takes up almost all of the roof. tent is 75x47 and is 15inches from the roof, by almost, i got about 10 inchs to use and most of that is the roof line bending down. the tent base is mainly fiberglass bottom sections with what i would call angle iron but its aluminum. then in the center of it sits a aluminum ladder. now on the rear left fender i have a 102" (cant beat'em for there indestructability) for the cb and the tent absolutely destroys swrs I'm lucky to get 2.5 and my range is cut drastically and the antenna is still 75% above the tent line. right now I've got a (i know its not the best) Nagoya ut72 mag mount. running 1.02to 1.03 swr on the roof in the small space as far away from the tent as it can be. ive also tried on the hood close to where your stock stereo antenna would be(cut mine off it got beat to death by Colorado mtn trees anyway) but on the hood, the swrs there i got to a flat 1.0 thru the band. all doors, hood, and hatch have been bonded with 1/2 tinned copper ground straps that are no longer then 6 inches if i could help it
is the tent going to kill the signal on the 70cm band as it does on the 11m band. id like todo a nmo roof mount with a 5/8 over 5/8 to get the extra height. the tent actually moves a lot of the branches before they get to the antenna. the other option is a nmo fender mount but that's going to get beat to hell and back i feel. so that leaves the hood option for a mag mount as im not sure id like to mount a nmo in the hood (wouldn't there be a ton of surrounding rfi).
so I'm trying to decide which route would be the best for my situation and wanted to get yalls opinions and thoughts.
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